This year's gala evening, hosted by ASCAP Senior Vice President Connie Bradley, featured a Movie theme. ASCAP Assistant Vice President Dan Keen joined Bradley in presenting awards to the ASCAP writers and publishers of the most performed Christian songs of 2005.

The evening's top writer and publisher awards were:
Songwriter of the Year: Jeremy Camp for "Take You Back" and "This Man;" Song of the Year: "Take You Back" (written by Jeremy Camp, published by Thirsty Moon River Publishing) and Christian Publisher of the Year: EMI CMG Publishing for "About You," "Brave," "Devotion," "Holy Is The Lord," "Indescribable," "Meant To Live ," "Stars," "The Way I Was Made" and "This Is Your Life." Camp is the reining two-time GMA Music Awards Male Vocalist of the Year. His classic pop-rock vocals have earned him nine #1 singles at Christian radio. Camp was also ASCAP 2005 Christian Songwriter of the Year.

ASCAP also presented special awards during the evening. One of CCM's most treasured early pioneers, the late Keith Green, was honored with the ASCAP Crescendo Award. The ASCAP Impact Award was presented to Jon Foreman whose band, Switchfoot, is having an unusual and significant impact in mainstream rock music.

In accordance with the theme for the evening, ASCAP artists presented songs from television and the movies. Featured were MTV's The Afters and Bethany Dillon.

Jeremy Camp

EMI CMG Publishing

Jon Foreman

Keith Green

Songwriter of the Year:

Jeremy Camp
"Take You Back" & "This Man"

Publisher of the Year:

EMI CMG Publishing
"About You", "Brave", "Devotion", "Holy Is The Lord", "Indescribable", "Meant To Live", "Stars", "The Way I Was Made" & "This Is Your Life"